2001-2003 Catalog - University of Arkansas at Monticello

Arkansas-Monticello
HIST 3403 Emergence of Modern Europe
3 credits: 3 hours lecture
Prerequisites: HIST 1013, HIST 1023
The evolution of Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries,
the French Revolution, Napoleon.
HIST 3423 Britain
3 credits: 3 hours lecture
Prerequisites: HIST 1013, HIST 1023
British history with emphasis on political, constitutional,
and imperial institutions.
HIST 348V Field Course
Variable credit
A field course consisting of travel, observation, and study
of selected historic sites.
HIST 349V Seminar in World History
Variable credit
Prerequisites: HIST 1013, HIST 1023
A selected period or topic with extensive readings,
acquaintance with source material, and class discussion.
Not to exceed 3 credit hours per semester. Can be
repeated for up to 12 hours.
HIST 3503 Middle East and North Africa
3 credits: 3 hours lecture
Prerequisites: HIST 1013, HIST 1023
From the Prophet Muhammad (6th century A.D.) to the
present; emphasis on the development of Islamic culture
from the 7th to the 13th centuries, the Ottomans, and
the last 150 years.
HIST 3513 Historiography and Historical Methods
3 credits: 3 hours lecture
Prerequisites: HIST 1013, HIST 1023, HIST 2213,
HIST 2223
A study of history as a discipline, how historians use
primary sources, and major schools of historical
interpretation.
HIST 3523 Europe Since Waterloo
3 credits: 3 hours lecture
Prerequisites: HIST 2213, HIST 2223
Major political, social, and economic developments in
Europe since 1815.
HIST 3543 American West
3 credits: 3 hours lecture
Prerequisites: HIST 2213, HIST 2223
The westward movement in American history, with
emphasis upon the social, economic, and political
influence of the frontier in American life.
Course Descriptions
HIST 3553 Africa
3 credits: 3 hours lecture
Prerequisites: HIST 1013, HIST 1023
The entire continent from earliest times through the
present; emphasis on the continuity of African
civilization through the first independent period,
colonialism, and the second independent period.
HIST 3563 Russia
3 credits: 3 hours lecture
Prerequisites: HIST 1013, HIST 1023
Kievan and Appanage Russia, the rise of Moscow, the
Age of St. Petersburg, the Soviet Age.
HIST 3573 Colonial America
3 credits: 3 hours lecture
Prerequisites: HIST 2213, HIST 2223
European exploration and settlement in the New World,
the War of Independence, and the creation of the United
States.
HIST 3583 Latin America
3 credits: 3 hours lecture
Prerequisites: HIST 1013, HIST 1023
Evolution of Latin America from the Pre-Columbian
epoch through the contemporary period with an
emphasis on political, social, and economic developments.
HIST 3593 Arkansas History
3 credits: 3 hours lecture
Prerequisites: HIST 2213, HIST 2223
Social, political, and economic evolution of Arkansas
from the Spanish and French explorations to the present.
HIST 4603 Modern America, 1900-1945
3 credits: 3 hours lecture
Prerequisites: HIST 2213, HIST 2223
The Progressive Movement, World War I, the Roaring
Twenties, the Great Depression, the New Deal, and
World War II.
HIST 4613 Recent America, 1945-Present
3 credits: 3 hours lecture
Prerequisites: HIST 2213, HIST 2223
The Cold War, Korea and Vietnam, the civil rights
movement, the dissenting sixties, and presidential
administrations since World War II.
HIST 4623 East Asia
3 credits: 3 hours lecture
Prerequisites: HIST 1013, HIST 1023
Study of the civilizations of China and Japan with
emphasis on the last two hundred years.
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